Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-07-25

South Sudan yet to embark on road to civil liberties

Tatiana Repkova | www.huffingtonpost.com/ch ... |

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Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation

2012-07-23

Ethiopian prominent independent weekly Feteh blocked for reporting on Prime Minister's health

Tatiana Repkova | www.cpj.org/2012/07/ethio ... |

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Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2012-07-22

Free citizen journalists change the media landscape in Sudan

Tatiana Repkova | sudanwatch.com/2012/07/22 ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing

2012-07-20

Deutsche Welle is using SMS and dial-to-listen radio shows to reach an audience in Africa with limited Internet access

Tatiana Repkova | www.niemanlab.org/2012/07 ... |

Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania

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Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa

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TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Digital TV / Radio - Web TV - Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) - Internet TV - Webcast - Mobile TV - Smart TV - Connected TV - Live Streaming
Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots

2012-07-18

Who needs data? Google launches Gmail SMS to communicate by email through SMS in Africa

Tatiana Repkova | gigaom.com/mobile/who-nee ... |

Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria

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Eastern Africa, Western Africa

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Internet Technology / Access / Practices - Broadband - VOIP (Skype) - Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots

2012-07-16

FAJ opposes use of anti-terrorism legislation against journalists in Ethiopia

Tatiana Repkova | allafrica.com/stories/201 ... |

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Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Legal Harassment of Media / Journalists
Anti-Subversion / Anti-Terrorism Laws

2012-07-16

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) opposes use of anti-terrorism legislation against journalists

Tatiana Repkova | allafrica.com/stories/201 ... |

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Anti-Subversion / Anti-Terrorism Laws

2012-07-13

In the face of censorship, #SudanRevolts goes social: the amount of local Sudanese Twitter users has skyrocketed

Tatiana Repkova | www.pbs.org/mediashift/20 ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Censorship / Self-Censorship
Covering War / Crisis / Conflict / Protest / Riot / Non-Standard Situation - Military Reporting
Social Media Generally - Social Websites / Networking - Social Journalism
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter

2012-07-03

South Sudan's press freedom at risk: rights group

Tatiana Repkova | www.rnw.nl/africa/bulleti ... |

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Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation

2012-07-02

Media and bloggers censored as protests spread across Sudan

Tatiana Repkova | uncut.indexoncensorship.o ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Censorship / Self-Censorship